Jessica Huang

Jessica Huang is a MacDowell Fellow and two-time Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellow. Her work includes The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin (History Theatre commission/world premiere; Kilroy List 2017, Minneapolis Star Tribune Best of the Week); Purple Cloud (Mu Performing Arts premiere); Zero-Infinity Flight Path and the Atlantic Theater Company commissioned one act, Of Milk and Mirrors. Jessica cofounded and co-directs Other Tiger Productions, which has a mission to pursue multidisciplinary collaborations, intentional inclusivity and a re-examination of traditional theater practices. Jessica is currently working on Transmissions in Advance of the Second Great Dying, a play about mixed-race identity politics, grief and global warming, commissioned by Mixed Blood Theatre. Jessica is a recipient of a 2016 Minnesota State Arts Board Cultural Community Partnership grant; a 2014 MRAC/McKnight Next Step grant, a 2011-12 Playwrights Center Many Voices Fellowship, and a 2017 Jerome Travel/Study grant to research family history and build international connections in China. More: Jessica-Huang.com